This is a very good cake...maybe it's even better!!! :) Donna
DEEP CHOCOLATE MOCHA CAKE FOR THE CAKE: 3 squares (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate 8 tbsp unsalted butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup light brown sugar 3 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 1/4 cup cake flour 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp baking soda 1 cup sour cream 1 cup strong hot coffee FOR THE CREAM CHEESE MOCHA ICING: 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened 3 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 1/8 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1 tbsp instant coffee 3 cups powdered sugar 1/3 cup light cream TO MAKE THE CAKE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour 2 layer cake pans. Melt chocolate and set aside to cool. Cream the butter until light and fluffy, gradually add, creaming well; 1 cup granulated sugar and 1 cup light brown sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each of the eggs. Blend in the cooled chocolate and vanilla. Add alternately (3 parts dry, 2 parts sour cream) blending after each addition, the dry ingredients and sour cream. Stir in the hot coffee, 1/2 cup at a time. Batter will be thin. Pour into the prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks for 8 minutes. Turn out to cool completely on wire racks. Frost when cool with Cream Cheese Mocha Frosting. TO MAKE THE FROSTING: Beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Add coffee and salt and mix, add chocolate and vanilla and mix. Then add the powdered sugar alternately with the cream using all the sugar and enough of the cream to desired consistency for spreading. Source: 1995 Illinois State Fair, Pam Sage --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi..and thanks for getting back to me.? The whole thing was coffee flavored, made with real ("perked") coffee...cakes and frosting.? She will not part with the recipe, and even when she passes, I am too far away now to search or ask for her recipes to be searched.? I do know it came from a "woman's" magazine? a gazillion years ago.? Thanks again for getting back to me!!!? > Maryann > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:44 pm > Subject: [CAKE-RECIPE] Re: ISO mocha cake old recipe > > > Was the frosting mocha flavored > and the cake something different > like yellow cake? > > Or was the whole > thing coffee flavored? > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAKE-RECIPE/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAKE-RECIPE/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
